All 3 Uses of
proverb
in
The Brothers Karamazov
- And he was very fond of using Russian proverbs, always declaring that the Russian proverbs were the best and most expressive sayings in the whole world.†
Chpt 12 *
- And he was very fond of using Russian proverbs, always declaring that the Russian proverbs were the best and most expressive sayings in the whole world.†
Chpt 12
- But the Russian proverb says, 'If a man has one head, it's good, but if another clever man comes to visit him, it would be better still, for then there will be two heads and not only one.'†
Chpt 12
Definition:
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(proverb) a short saying -- typically well-known and accepted by many as offering good advice